King George V Faces Possible Operation
Royal doctors discuss whether to operate on King George V as radiology confirms no pleural effusion. Daily bulletins note stable but restless condition and steady heart action. Queen and princes move toward London while Duchess of York and Mary travel to private engagements.
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London
the Express
George
H. Graham Hodgson
Nis
Palace
Stanley Hewett
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Buckingham Palace
Duchess of York
Mary
Northampton
Robert Armstrong Jones
Prince of Wales
Duke of Gloucester
Suez
Port Said
Enterprise
Cape Town
Prince George
West Indies
Lord Lee of
Farebeam
Sulgrave Manor Board
Courtroom effigy of murdered man shocks Bronx trial
In Bronx County Courtroom Mrs. Marlyse Maye fights for acquittal in the killing of her lover Andrew Devola as a wax effigy based on his face is shown with bullet wounds. Medical examiner Karl Kennard demonstrates bullet paths while Peter Devola testifies. The morbid display prompts gasps and head turning among jurors and spectators.
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New York World News Service
New York
Bronx County
Marlyse Maye
Andrew Devola
Maye
Devola
Karl S. Kennard
Adlerman
Peter Devola
Zone taxi plan eyed as public utility by city council
A proposed ordinance would classify zone based taxi cabs as public utilities and set up city defined zones and maximum fares. Public hearings showed no strong opposition, while officials and industry representatives debated impact on stands and jitney risks. The plan aims for a zone rate slightly below current meters and seeks council approval before year end.
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Law Committee of City Council
Director of Public Utilities
Edward T. Dixon
Robert A. Taft
Zumstein
Walter A. Draper
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Zumstein Town Taxi- Cab Company
Draper
Col. Sherrill
Youth 17 Kills Bride Ends Life Near Fort Worth
A 17 year old youth shot and killed his bride of under four months, Mrs Ruth Landis Owens, and wounded her husband, Tom B Owens Jr, near Fort Worth Texas. The inquest returned a verdict that Owens killed his bride and then himself after a quarrel. The bride was the daughter of D S Landis Weather Bureau chief. Mrs Owens sent her mother a $3000 wrist watch and keys with a final loving message.
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Fr. Worth
Dee
Ruth Landis Owens
Ft. Worth
Tom B. Owens, Jr
Owens
D. S. Landis
Government Weather Bureau
Worcester water commissioner dies in Long Beach shooting
George W. Batchelder aged 61, Water Commissioner of Worcester Massachusetts, died in Long Beach California from a police attributed personal safety related gun wound. Investigations focused on whether the wound was self inflicted. The death was reported today with officials noting no immediate suspect.
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George W. Batchelder
Worcester
Mass
Chicago Heights police chief slain in liquor feud shootout
A deadly liquor feud escalated in Chicago Heights after Leroy Gilbert, police chief, was killed by unknown assailants who shot him in his home. A posse seeking Gilbert’s killers fatally wounded Thomas Scanlon, a 23 year old Chicago Heights Star typesetter, during a highway confrontation near the outskirts. Police withheld the posse members’ names while federal state and local authorities vow a thorough investigation.
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Chicago
Leroy Gilbert
Chicago Heights
South Side
Gilbert
Thomas Scanlon
Scanlon
Chicago Heights Star
Citizens’ Posse
Collings
Fred Hartman
Federal
Collins
Prohibition Debate Fails to Alter Fiscal Plans in Congress
Congress spent the day in protracted debate over prohibition enforcement and the Boulder Dam issue. The $13.5 million fund and larger budget bills passed, while Kellogg urged Senate approval of the Paris war treaty with possible reservations. End of day left the dam fight unresolved and new measures under consideration. Roy von Lewinsky noted as first German citizen at West Point since the war. McKellar and Tyson urged Coolidge to appoint Finis Garrett as Customs Judge.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Colorado
House
Treasury Post Office
Senate Foreign Relations’ Committee
Kellogg
Paris
Coolidge
Senate Commerce Committee
la Guardia
Rep
N. Y
Johnson
California
Boulder Dam
Roy von Lewinsky
West Point
Britten
House Naval Committee
Military
Carl von Lewinski
Mixed Claims Commission
McKellar
Tennessee
Tyson
White House
Finis Garrett
Garrett
Seizure Ties Rothstein to Major Drug Ring and Death
Federal agents seize two trunks of narcotics valued at hundreds of thousands from a midtown hotel linked to Arnold Rothstein. The raid follows a search of Rothstein offices and may expose financing of the largest U S drug ring. Officials expect arrests and say more light will come from seized papers.
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U. S
New York
Federal
Arnold Rothstein
United States
Tuttle
Rothstein
Cotter
Federal Grand Jury
Joab H. Banton
Congress
J M Del Rio Dies After Extended Illness
Jaime Martinez Del Rio died in Berlin after a lengthy illness caused by blood poisoning following a minor boil operation. He was fondly linked to former wife Dolores Del Rio, who sent urgent cables and spoke with United Artists to aid him. Dolores reportedly collapsed nervously in Los Angeles upon news of the death.
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Berlin
Jaime Martinez del Rio
Dolores del Rio
Dolores
Hollywood
United Artists
del Rio
Los Angeles
Five Hundred Found In Ash Cart After Careless Toss
George Kordis owner of a Vine Street poolroom misplaced a $500 cash box by dropping it into an ash cart. City officials traced the cart to the West Street dump where the box lay on top of debris and the money remained intact.
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George Kordis
Vine Street
Fred Maag
City Waste Collection Department
Kordis
West Street
Sheep Eat Money Orders At Arkansas Post Office
Grant B. Miller and a team of investigators chase a sheep theft tale at Tem0 Ark where sixteen money order blanks vanished after Postmaster William L. Clemmons slept out of doors with the sheep yard nearby. Clemmons suspects the flock chewed eleven blanks while he sheltered indoors.
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Washington
Grant B. Miller
Temo
Ark
William L. Clemmons
Clemmons
Sister Heroine Rescues Sister From Oncoming Train
In Revill e Kentucky eight year old Irene Bentley braved a rushing train to free her six year old sister Bonny whose toes were crushed under a locomotive wheel. Irene clung to a fence rung and pulled as the engine bore down, saving Bonny's life and ensuring she will see Santa this Christmas.
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Irene
Bonny
Reville
Lincoln Bentley
Whitekar
Santa Claus
Benny
Santa
York World News Service
Mother Sobs Out Death Threats Against Daughter
Sol Hohenthal a wealthy retired merchant of De Soto Missouri was arrested on a second degree murder warrant in the death of Pearl Potoskey a 25 year old St Louis beauty shop owner found slain in his bachelor apartment. Her mother testified he had threatened to kill her. The coroner ruled death from a gunshot by unknown person. A preliminary hearing is set for December 9.
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Daughter
DE Soto
Sol Hohenthal
Pearl Potoskey
St. Louis
Hohenthal
Miss Potoskey
Main Street
Joseph Potoskey
Inmate and official fatally shot at Crawford County infirmary
Clifford Deffenbaugh superintendent of the Crawford County Infirmary his wife and inmate Jim Nichol were shot in the living room by an unidentified assailant. Police hunted a man known as Bill Howell discharged from the hospital two days earlier in connection with the killings. The attack occurred around seven o clock. Deffenbaugh and Nichol died at once Mrs Deffenbaugh died en route to a hospital. The children present were unharmed. A posse pursued the suspect.
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van Buren
Ark
Deffenbaugh
Nicholson
Howell
Marine killed in rebel fight in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua near Nueva Segovia a Marine gunnery sergeant died from a head wound after a patrol under Capt. Maurice G Holmes encountered bandits. Charles Williams of Astoria New York was fatally wounded as bandits who had killed a peasant fled toward Ocotal. This marked the corps first tragedy since August.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Maurice G Holmes
Pontotoc
Miss
Nueva Segovia
Charles Williams
Astoria
N. Y
Ocotal
Holmes
Telepanca
Sergt. Williams
Lieut
Humphrey
Murra
Woman Breaks Altitude Record in Oakland Flight
Louise McPherridge Thaden, San Francisco aviatrix, reportedly reaches 25,400 feet in a Travelair biplane, aiming to set a new women’s altitude record. Takeoff 2:30 pm, landing 4:08 pm, with official confirmation pending calibration by Leo S. Nagle, Oakland NAA president.
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Oakland
Cal
Louise McPherridge Thaden
San Francisco
Lady Heath
England
Travelair
Aigler Named Floor Leader of Ohio Senate
Allan G. Aigler of Bellevue was unanimously chosen President pro tem and floor leader of the incoming Eighty-eighth General Assembly. Senator Paul M. Herbert withdrew from the race to back harmony. Aigler to chair the Committee on Committees. Kuhns to head the Committee on Patronage. Kumler eyed for Finance Chair pending House actions.
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Colmbuws
Senate
Eighty-eighth General Assembly
Allan G. Aigler
Bellevue
Paul M. Herbert
Columbus
Aigler
Herbert
Committee
Miles S. Kuhns
Dayton
Cooper
Myers Y. Cooper
aAigler
Cincinnati
Anti-Saloon League
Gray
Edward P. Gibson
Harry D. Knox
Marietta
C. M. Kumler
Lewisburg
Committee On Committees
Kumler
Harry McCarpenter
Steubenville
House Majority
House Republicans
Canton Killing Still Unsolved
Vernard E. Fearn a 35 year old coal mine operator was killed by a woman who shot him on his front porch. The unidentified assailant aged 20 to 25 dressed well fled toward a Canton bound bus and vanished. Fearn died in his wife’s arms. motive and shooter remain unknown.
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Canton
Vernard E. Fearn
Fearn
Here
Mr. Fearn
Indictments Return in Cleveland Vote Fraud Inquiry
A Cleveland grand jury returned forty one indictments against thirty one people, including city politicians, over alleged wholesale election fraud in the Cuyahoga County state primary. No arrests until tomorrow. names withheld until papers are served.
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Cleveland
Special County Grand Jury
Cuyahoga County
Eward T. Hanratty
Board of Elections
Clarence J. Brown
Seventeenth Ward
M. Ward
Vanderbilt Bride Weds Theatrical Producer Sigourney Thayer
Mrs Emily Davies Vanderbilt wife of William H Vanderbilt divorced last June marries Sigourney Thayer the New York theatrical producer and Massachusetts family member in a ceremony at her mother's home. The bride age 25 the groom 32 were witnessed by both families.
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New York
Emily Davies Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt
Sigourney Thayer
Massachusetts
Frederick M. Davies
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Grand Jury
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